Matthias Haldemann – författare

Visions of modernity Architect, artist, designer, and visionary, Frederick Kiesler was one of the most fascinating figures of the twentieth century. He staged unconventional exhibitions that became an art form, bridging the gap between Viennese Modernism and De Stijl, Surrealism and the American avant-garde of the 1960s. Probably no other artist has worked for so long in such different worlds and so widely as he has. His innovative works respond to their environment—no object exists on its own. For him, life and art were always in motion and interchangeable.

Through a decade of friendship, sharing the same environs and being active collectors, Sonja Graber and Christian Graber are inextricably connected to the photographer Annelies Strba, the jewellery and object artist Bernhard Schobinger and the painter Adrian Schiess. A far cry from thoughts of prestige and conjecture, one of the most extensive collections from all genres of the three Swiss artists has now emerged out of artistic and personal esteem.In the collectors, the artists and the Kunsthaus Zug, like-minded people have come together in the most indiscriminate appreciation of fine and applied art. To mark the occasion of the donation of the Graber collections to the museum, the three internationally renowned artists along with hitherto largely unpublished works are now united in one publication.Contents: Art is an Experiment for Us by Matthias Haldemann; Supporting the Artists: Building the Graber Collection by Marco Obrist; Things, Art ... Art Things by Felix Philipp Ingold; Undine's Song by Ildegarda Scheidegger; The Year's Production from 1981, the Start of Painting by Ulrich Loock; The Graber Collection at Kunsthaus Zug; artists' biographies.Text in English and German.